Scawton Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Scawton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1720
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1632

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SCAWTON, a parish in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles N of Coxwold r. station, and 4½ W of Helmsley. Post-town, Helmsley, under York.

Acres, 2, 768. Real property, £1, 275. Pop., 148. Houses, 31. The manor belongs to Sir W. Worsley, Bart. Limestone is quarried and calcined.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £145. Patron, Sir W. Worsley, Bart. The church is good; and there is a national school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Scawton – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Scawton, Yorkshire, North Riding, tombstone inscriptions, 1758-1900

St. Mary the Virgin, Rievaulx, & St. Mary, Scawton, N. Yks. : monumental inscriptions
Author:    McLee, Carol A.; Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Scawton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Scawton, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Scawton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Scawton, 1632-1870
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Scawton (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Scawton, parish registers, 1720-1966
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Scawton (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Scawton, 1720-1880
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Scawton (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Scawton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Scawton, Yorks., Eng

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Helmsley
  • Probate Court:    Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese:    York
  • Rural Deanery:    Riddal
  • Poor Law Union:    Helmsley
  • Hundred:    Ryedale
  • Province:    York